Social semantics: How useful has group selection been?

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 374-385

  West, S A ^a   Griffin, A S ^a   Gardner, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altruism; Conflict; Cooperation; Direct fitness; Inclusive fitness; Indirect fitness; Kin selection

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; GROUP SELECTION; KIN SELECTION; RESEARCH WORK; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 37149000553     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01458.x     Document Type: Article

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